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Even before junk existed, storage containers have been used for stashing broken furniture, stockpiling newspapers, and holding 3-dimensional Tetris championships. Cram in the goods and games with our sizable 500 GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive today.

Compatibility

All MacBooks and MacBook Pros (excluding MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Retina)

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My Problem

had to put in a new hard drive. got quoted $350 for a repair shop to do the job. Yikes! Ordered from ifixit, went through the online tutorial, and finished in less than an hour! total cost was less than $90.

My Fix

perfectly! your "how to" guides rock! I got it done in less than an hour, and saved myself $260.

My Advice

I will definitely do my research on repairing things in the future! was so simple AND cost effective with you guys!

My Problem

I've had my Macbook Pro for a few years now and whilst nothing was wrong with it apart from being sluggish over the years, I decided to refurbish it over purchasing a new one. Finding the right replacement RAM and Hard Drive to suit my Macbook was relatively easy on the iFixit website and they have the right tools, which makes repairs or upgrades so much more efficient.

My Fix

The upgrade parts and tools from iFixit arrived within 10 days to Fiji and with the online downloadable guides from the iFixit website, everything was too easy. I think I was done in 15 mins. This is my second DIY with iFixit without any issues...Awesome.

My Advice

I would only suggest you get every detail right with whatever you are trying to fix or replace before you order parts and everything should be ok.

My Problem

Blinking ? Thought it was the hard drive. It's got to last one more year. Plugged in a bootable backup but couldn't see the hard drive to repair or diagnose so decided to replace it. Turns out it was the Hard Drive Cable. Works fine now and I have a spare Hard Drive just in case.

My Fix

Went pretty well. I had most of the tools already but good idea to buy the spudger. I used a 00 phillips to open the case. The one that most people might not have is the tiny star-shaped screwdriver to get the screws out of the side of the hard drive. It took maybe 20-30 minutes because I really took my time and checked each step to be sure I was doing it correctly. By the time I replaced the cable, it went even more quickly.

My Advice

Be patient. Do unplug the battery even though it looks like an optional step. Have a safe place to set the screws and keep track of where each one was exactly. The ones on the side of the case seem a little different and go at a very slight angle. Would have been nice to have an antistatic mat but luckily I didn't fry anything this time.

My Problem

The 15"MacBookPro which I sold to a friend last year and he brought it back in March saying it sometimes wouldn't boot and was making grinding noises. OH NO! Thankfully there was nothing important on it. I couldn't even get to reinstall OS X.

My Fix

After ordering a new HDD, I replaced the old one. A simple and straightforward task. I had added memory the year before. Reinstalled OS X. Hey now it even has Yosemite!!

Along with installing some other programs, I say it took about 2 hrs.That included installing Yosemite twice as I was installing from a flash drive and it rebooted before I could stop it.

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My Problem

The story is simple but hey, why not share. So my 10 year old son is sitting on my stool displacing the organized chaos called my desk. He starts going thru the middle drawer and finds a pair of cow magnets I got years ago. He then comes up with the bright idea to see if he can hold one magnet and make the other move... FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF MY LAPTOP!

My Fix

Figuring I'm responsible for NOT teaching him that magnets and hard drives don't mix, I drop the $80 for a new 500gb replacement and I have him install it. He LOVED taking the laptop apart and putting the new one in! It was a simple swap and restore, took him 15 minutes.

My Advice

Teach your kids NOT to put magnets around electronics!

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My Problem

The hard drive on my macbook pro was on life support, so I put it out of my misery. I was persuaded by the Genius tending the Genius Bar that I was capable of performing the replacement surgery myself.

My Fix

The transplant operation went very smoothly. How novel to have the diagrams in the replacement guide look exactly like what I was seeing inside my computer.

My Advice

My Problem

Hard Drive was too full to Update or Even Backup ... 250Gb

My Fix

Bought a 500GB drive and rolled up my sleeves .. .. OOPs the guide called for lots of hardware I didn't have. The Driver kit was bought to replace the internal battery on my stepson's powerbook, but i was glad I had it when I got to the itty bitty screws on the hard drive.

Back to my problem .... Trust The Creators .. Trust .. plug in a terabyte USB drive and make a time machine backup .. then check it (amazing idea-but always, always check your backups LOL)

Apple has a boot to Lion partition creator that i skipped the step on, the terabyte, i made a partition with the Lion Boot Installer that will autorun the image.

so with a lump in my throat I turned of the computer, pulled out the battery, unplugged the power cable and removed the screws from the hard drive. It unplugged easily, plugged the new one in, it was much thinner than the old one. Remembered to replace the little berry screws that hold it in place and slip it into it's spot to the left of the battery compartment.

All tucked in and tight, battery back in, power cable back on. Cover on, turned over, USB drive back on with the boot drive on it and the backup, hit the power button.

Success, Apple logo, a little slower than usual, but there, get to the screen that lets me format the hard drive. Thought I needed to do that. Found out later this was an extra step, I could have skipped this, when time machine went to reinstall, it formatted the drive over again.

After all this it asked me if i wanted to reinstall from Time Machine, I say Yes, and it goes on to a two hour reformat and reinstall into the 500GB hard drive.

After all that is done, everything is perfect.

all done and good.

by the way, the first battery I received did not charge, and they sent out a second one right away and it was fine.

all is fine and good, the other repair to the powerbook was easy and the battery was fine there also.

the 54 bit driver kit is something to have around or maybe glued under your dash, one under lock and key in your garage ... looks like you don't want to lend it.

Pete

My Advice

Don't wait, fix stuff

when something doesn't work the way it should have go back right then to the last thing you did. We changed the battery, it didn't charge, we tried lots of things, but the proof of the problem was putting the old battery back in, the old battery still charged.

My Problem

In the past, our son would toss his MacBook around when done using it. Such as slamming the top closed then immediately tossing it on the couch or bed. We all know that's a no-no without letting the drive spin down first. There were even a couple of times when it actually hit the floor or fell out of his book bag. The Apple folks were wanting to charge upwards of $500 to replace the drive but suggested to get it and replace it ourselves.

My Fix

The repair was slick and easy. Followed the instructions and a few screw turns later it was in and following the IFixIt instructions on installing a new OS X on there through the recovery option, the Mac was up and running within a couple of hours.

My Advice

I'm glad I found this site and the very useful information and answers to all my questions. I won't hesitated to come back!!!

My Problem

My Fix

My Advice

My Problem

My wife"s Mac needed a ram boost and my old mac needed the same plus a Hard drive upgrade from 120GB to 500GB

My Fix

I ordered my parts and received the next day, I live in BC, Canada. The guides on this site are fantastic and super easy to follow.

Upgraded both my Macs and they are working great. Copied all my old stuff to my new hard drive using a utility called "super duper APP" makes your new drive work perfect with all your old programs and way more space.

My Advice

If you are unsure if you can do this don't be fooled, super easy to do it yourself. I have ordered from this site before and will order again in the future

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